WeSC Piston Bluetooth Headphones

WeSC (short for We are the Superlative Conspiracy) is a Swedish clothing company out of Stockholm that has made their bones selling streetwear and accessories worldwide. Promoted primarily by the skaters, snowboarders and artists that they call WeActivists, WeSC has won consumers over with a focus on grassroots marketing.

In addition to cool clothes, WeSC also makes cool colorful wired headphones for the consumer that is looking for headphones in the sub-Beats/Sennheiser/KEF priced market. They recently announced Piston Bluetooth, the first of two Bluetooth products arriving this summer.

WeSC describes the set as “a Wireless Conspiracy that gives you freedom and ability to move any which way you want: skating, skiing, or dancing on your own when everyone's asleep.”

Piston Bluetooth is very similar in style and functionality to the popular Piston Street wired headset. On the technical side, Piston Bluetooth features 40 mm power drivers, a frequency range of 20-20,000 Hz and impedance of 32 ohms, which is ideal for listening with iPhone/iPod and laptops. There is a built-in microphone with play/pause options, as well as a talk time of up to 30 hours. Playback time is 10 hours, and the range is a fairly standard 30 feet. They headphones come in red, black and navy, and they and retail for $100.

The second offering is the upcoming Speaker Cap Bluetooth Speaker, which resembles a giant spray-paint can nozzle. The unique design draws inspiration from WeSC’s street art and graffiti roots. When it is released in July, several colors (they displayed blue, green, turquoise and purple at CES 2014) will be available, in addition to the bright yellow colorway you see here.

Amid what feels like millions of portable wireless speakers, this is only the second dedicated to graffiti culture to our knowledge — the other being the Ecko Unltd. Spray Bluetooth Speaker.

WeSC hasn’t released many technical details yet, but we do now that the Speaker Cap will feature a mini-USB, an LED indicator, and its playback time will be a less-than-impressive five hours. Retail is set at $119.

The Piston Bluetooth is available at WeSC.com and both Bluetooth offerings will be available at WeSC’s New York brick-and-mortar store this summer.